Elon Musk Asks Millions If He Should Step Down As CEO Of Twitter

Elon Musk is taking a huge chance on people who either love him or hate him.

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The South African-native has asked everyone with a Twitter account whether or not he should “step down as the head of Twitter.”

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On Sunday, December 18th, the multi-billionaire tweeted out, “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.”

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The poll results showed that nearly 60% of people said ‘Yes’ to him stepping down as the head of Twitter.

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42.5% of people said he should NOT step down.

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And of course, many had hilarious thoughts on Musk’s poll.

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“Nope. NO! FU ELON,” they tweeted.

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Another joked, “I’m an engineer at Twitter and Elon just asked me to ban all of the accounts that voted Yes on this poll.”

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Others poked fun at Musk tweeting, “Stop the count” when the ‘Yes’ poll was at 100% and the ‘No’ poll was at zero.

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